Principal R&T Scientist
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Leading the design of communication systems and network architectures (5G, IoT, satellite), and digital tool for smart agriculture.
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Research Centre
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Maria Rita Palattella holds a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering (2004) and a master’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering (2007), both with honor, from Politecnico di Bari, Italy. She obtained her PhD in Electronics Engineering from ``Scuola Interpolitecnica di Dottorato'' (SIPD) and Politecnico di Bari, Italy, in February 2011. From 2011 to 2016 she was a Research Associate at the Interdisciplinary centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), at the University of Luxembourg. She contributed to the design of MAC protocols and energy-efficient scheduling algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks. She was involved in several EU FP7 and H2020 projects, including OUTSMART, IoT6, F-Interop. Since 2016, she joined the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), in the Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) department, as a Senior Research and Technology Associate. Since October 2024, she is a Principal Scientist, leading the work on the design of innovative communication systems and network architectures for different Internet of Things (IoT) applications, with a focus on digital agriculture. Her current research interest focuses on IoT-NTN, and she has contributed to this research topic through several projects: ESA ITT M2MSAT, FNR LORSAT, SMC Lux5GCloud, SatNex V ONION, and INVENTIVE. Currently she is coordinating the HEU COMMECT project, aiming to extend connectivity in rural remote area, integrating 5G public and private networks, IoT cellular and not cellular (NB-IoT, LoRa, etc.), NTN (satellites and drones), to make rural communities more sustainable and competitive. She is strongly engaged with Telecommunication and Space Industry, and IoT companies in Luxembourg, and abroad, as evidence by her collaboration in several national and internation projects with local and external stakeholders. She sits on the Editorial Board of the Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, and the EAI Transactions on IoT. She has (co)-authored several papers published in well known, high-impact journals and international conferences
My organisation
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is an RTO developing competitive and market-oriented product and service prototypes for public and private stakeholders, working across the entire innovation chain: from fundamental and applied research to incubation and technology transfer. By transforming scientific knowledge into technologies, smart data, and tools, LIST empowers citizens in their choices, public authorities in their decisions, and businesses in their strategies. The research unit 'Environmental Sensing and Modelling (ENVISION)' leads impact-driven research geared toward monitoring, forecasting, and predicting environmental systems in a changing world. POTATO research activities align with ENVISON's key domain on ‘Natural Resources and Agrosystems Under Change,’ delivering technology bricks for climate-smart agriculture and precision farming. LIST also brings recognized expertise in Internet of Things technologies, with focus on the LoRa/LoRAWAN protocols, and integration of IoT with Non-Terrestrial (NTN) networks (satellites, and drones). Leveraging digital technologies and deploying reliable and resilient network infrastructure, LIST enables scalable and efficient solutions for remote sensing applications, smart agriculture, and natural resource management. With extensive experience in coordinating large European projects, LIST has contributed to numerous EU and national initiatives in Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, IoT, and smart agriculture.
Expertise
Communication Technologies for enabling Digital Tools
IoT technologies integrated with NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks), like drones and satellite for extending connectivity
Principal R&T Scientist at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Service
Digital Twins of Controlled Environment Agriculture
Design of Digital Twin, from data collection, to data analytics and definition of services based on end users needs.
Principal R&T Scientist at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Luxembourg, Luxembourg